List of musicals: A to L

8 femmes

2002

French film

Various artists

Various artists

Based on the 1958 play of the same name by Robert Thomas. Directed by François Ozon, written by Ozon and Marina de Van.

9 to 5

2009

Broadway

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Patricia Resnick

Based on the 1980 film.

13 + film (2022)

2008

Broadway

Jason Robert Brown

Brown

Dan Elish and Robert Horn

The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers.

14-18

2014

Flanders

Dirk Brossé

Allart Blom

100 years after World War I, a story of Belgian soldiers defending their country.

21 Chump Street

2014

Off-Broadway

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Miranda

Miranda

14-minute musical based on a true story told on This American Life.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

2005

Off-Broadway and Broadway

William Finn

Finn

Rachel Sheinkin

Performances were partially improvised and featured audience participation (during spelling-bee sequences). Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Dan Fogler and Best Book of a Musical for Sheinkin.

42nd Street

1933

Film

Harry Warren

Al Dubin

Based on Bradford Ropes' novel of the same name. Directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley, written by Rian James and James Seymour.

42nd Street

1980

Broadway

Harry Warren

Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer

Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble

Based on the 1933 film.

70, Girls, 70

1971

Broadway

John Kander

Fred Ebb

Ebb and Norman L. Martin

Based on the 1958 play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke and primarily starring cast members who are 70 years of age and older.

101 Dalmatians

2022

West End

Douglas Hodge

Douglas Hodge

Johnny McKnight and Zinnie Harris

The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

110 in the Shade

1963

Broadway

Harvey Schmidt

Tom Jones

N. Richard Nash

Based on Nash's 1954 play, The Rainmaker.

1492 Up to Date

1893

Broadway

Carl Pflueger

R. A. Barnet

Barnet

A burlesque show.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

1976

Broadway

Leonard Bernstein

Alan Jay Lerner

Lerner

Examination of the occupants of the White House, which ran for only 7 performances.

1776+ film (1972)

1969

Broadway

Sherman Edwards

Edwards

Peter Stone

Based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with some dialogue and lyrics adapted from the writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Tony Awards included Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Ron Holgate and Best Direction of a Musical for Peter Hunt. William Daniels, who starred as John Adams, was nominated for Best Featured Actor but declined the nomination in protest, for being ruled ineligible for Best Actor due to his name not being above the title of the show.

1789: Les Amants de la Bastille

2012

French

Rod Janois, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau and Dove Attia

Attia and Vincent Baguian

Attia and François Chouquet

Based on the French Revolution.

A... My Name Is Alice

1984

Off-Broadway

David Zippel, Winnie Holzman and Lucy Simon

Zippel, Holzman and Simon

Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd

Revue with an all-female cast. Revised versions staged as ''A... My Name Is Still Alice in 1992 and A... My Name Will Always Be Alice in 1995 .

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

1952

Film

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston

Evans and Livingston

Based on the 1919 play by Walter Benjamin Hare. Directed and written by Claude Binyon.

ABBAcadabra + West End (1983)

1983

French television

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

Alain Boublil and Daniel Boublil (French production); David Wood, Mike Batt, Don Black (UK production)

Boublil and Boublil

Adaptation of classic fairy tales set to the music of ABBA with new French lyrics.

About Face

1952

Film

Peter DeRose and various artists

Charles Tobias and various artists

Directed by Roy Del Ruth; written by Peter Milne.

About Town

1906

Broadway

Melville Ellis and Raymond Hubbell

Joseph W. Herbert

Herbert

Absolute Beginners

1986

Film

Gil Evans (score) and various artists (songs)

Various artists

Based on the novel by Colin MacInnes. Directed by Julien Temple; written by Richard Burridge, Christopher Wicking, and Don Macpherson.

Abyssinia

1906

Broadway

Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams

Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers

Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers

Abyssinia

1987

Broadway

Ted Kociolek

James Racheff

Racheff and Kociolek

Based on the novel Marked by Fire, by Joyce Carol Thomas.

Ace

2006

Off-Off-Broadway

Richard Oberacker

Robert Taylor and Oberacker

Taylor and Oberacker

Ace of Clubs

1950

West End

Noël Coward

Coward

Coward

Acorn Antiques

2005

West End

Victoria Wood

Wood

Wood

Based on a series of sketches performed on the television show Victoria Wood as Seen on TV.

Across the Universe

2007

Film

The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) (songs). Elliot Goldenthal (score)

The Beatles

Jukebox musical Film directed by Julie Taymor; written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

The Act

1977

Broadway

John Kander

Fred Ebb

George Furth

Directed by Martin Scorsese (his only work on Broadway to date). Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Liza Minnelli.

The Addams Family

2010

Broadway

Andrew Lippa

Lippa

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Based on the cartoons by Charles Addams. Includes The Addams Family Theme composed by Vic Mizzy. The 2011 touring version introduced several modifications to the plot and song list.

Adding Machine

2008

Off-Broadway

Joshua Schmidt

Jason Loewith and Schmidt

Loewith and Schmidt

Based on the 1923 play by Elmer Rice.

Adèle

1913

Broadway

Jean Briquet and Adolf Phillipp

Paul Hervé

Hervé

English adaptation by Philipp and Edward A. Paulton of a French musical.

Adonis

1884

Broadway

Edward E. Rice and John Eller

Rice and Eller

William Gill

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Film featuring the Sesame Street Muppets. Directed by Gary Halvorson; written by Mitchell Kriegman and Joey Mazzarino.

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1956

Television

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, adapted by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl

Edward Eager

Part of the Max Liebman Presents series of original television musicals. Directed by Liebman, written by Neil Simon, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman. Reunited Alfred Drake and Doretta Morrow of Kismet.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

2001

Broadway

Don Schlitz

Schlitz

Ken Ludwig

Based on the 1876 novel by Mark Twain.

Affair in Trinidad

1952

Film

Lester Lee, Bob Russell, various artists

Lee and Russell

Directed by Vincent Sherman; written by Oscar Saul, James Gunn, Virginia Van Upp, and Berne Giler.

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

1953

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Directed by Don Weis; written by Max Shulman. Notable for the first film appearance of Bob Fosse.

Afgar

1919

West End

Charles Cuvillier

Douglas Furber

Fred Thompson and Worton David

Africana

1934

Broadway

Donald Heyward

Heyward

Heyward

After Midnight

2013

Broadway

Various artists

Various artists

Jack Viertel ("conceived by") and Langston Hughes ("selected text by")

Jazz jukebox musical revue based on the 2011 Encores! revue Cotton Club Parade and comprising songs written by Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and others.

After the Ball

1953

West End

Noël Coward

Coward

Coward

Based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde.

Aida

2000

Broadway

Elton John

Tim Rice

Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang

Based on the 1871 opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Tony Awards for Best Original Score (John and Rice), Best Actress in a Musical for Heather Headley. Notable song: Written in the Stars.

Ain't Misbehavin' + Television (1982)

1978

Broadway

Fats Waller and various artists

Waller and various artists

Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr.

Revue comprising songs written and/or popularized by Waller. Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Featured Actress (Nell Carter), and Best Director (Richard Maltby, Jr.)

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

1971

Broadway

Melvin Van Peebles

Van Peebles

Van Peebles

Ain't Too Proud

2017

Broadway

The Temptations and various artists

The Temptations and various artists

Dominique Morisseau

Jukebox biomusical based on the lives and featuring the songs of the Temptations.

Aladdin

1958

Television

Cole Porter

Porter

Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights and presented on DuPont Show of the Month on CBS. Directed by Ralph Nelson; written by S. J. Perelman. Porter's last score.

Aladdin

1979

West End

Sandy Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights.

Aladdin + Broadway (2011) and film (2019)

1992

Animated film

Alan Menken

Howard Ashman and Tim Rice

Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights. Notable Songs: "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me".

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938

Film

Irving Berlin

Berlin

Jukebox musical featuring 23 Berlin songs including two written for the film ("Now it Can be Told" and "My Walking Stick"). Directed by Henry King; written by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti.

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Directed by David Butler; written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen.

Alice at the Palace

1982

Television

Elizabeth Swados

Swados

Swados and Lewis Carroll

Filmed version for PBS of Alice in Concert with revisions and new cast. External link: Alice at the Palace on BroadwayHD.

Alice by Heart

2019

Off-Broadway

Steven Sater

Duncan Sheik

Sheik and Jessie Nelson

Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Alice in Concert

1980

Off-Broadway

Elizabeth Swados

Swados

Swados and Lewis Carroll

Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Meryl Streep starred.

Alice in Wonderland

1886

West End

Walter Slaughter

Lewis Carroll, Henry Savile Clarke and Aubrey Hopwood

Clarke

Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Animated film

Oliver Wallace, Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard, and various artists

Lewis Carroll, Fain, Hilliard, and various artists

Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).

Alice in Wonderland

1976

Adult film

Jack Stern

Stern

Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Bud Townsend; written by Bill Osco and Bucky Searles. Originally released as a softcore film but later re-edited to include explicit sexual scenes. Adapted into an adult Off-broadway musical with an entirely new score in 2004.

Alice in Wonderland

1985

Television

Steve Allen

Lewis Carroll and Allen

Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Directed by Harry Harris, written by Paul Zindel.

Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)

1966

Animated television film

Charles Strouse

Lee Adams

Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Alex Lovy, written by Bill Dana.

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1966

Animated television film

Mark Charlap

Elsie Simmons

Based on Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass. Directed by Alan Handley, written by Albert Simmons.

Alice with Kisses

1964

Off-Broadway

Sammy Fields, Joseph L. Blankenship, and Nevett Bartow.

Blankenship

Blankenship

Closed in previews. Memorialized in the 1967 film The Producers as one of the flop window cards tacked on Max Bialystock's wall.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

Film

John Barry

Lewis Carroll and Don Black

Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Directed and written by William Sterling.

Alive and Kicking

1950

Broadway

Hoagy Carmichael and various artists

Paul Francis Webster and various artist

I. A. L. Diamond

Revue.

All 4 One

2001

Off-West End

John Trent Wallace

Kevin John Heuston

Heuston

All Aboard

1913

Broadway

E. Ray Goetz and Malvin M. Franklin

Goetz

Mark Swan

All American

1962

Broadway

Charles Strouse

Lee Adams

Mel Brooks

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989

Animated film

Ralph Burns

Charles Strouse, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, and T.J. Kuenster

Directed by Don Bluth; written by David N. Weiss.

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

1996

Animated film

Barry Mann

Cynthia Weil

Sequel to the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven. Directed by Larry Leker and Paul Sabella; written by Kelly Ward & Mark Young and Arne Olsen.

All Hands on Deck

1961

Film

Cyril Mockridge

Donald R. Morris

Jay Sommers

All in Fun

1940

Broadway

Baldwin Bergerson and John Rox

Revue.

All in Love

1961

Off-Broadway

Jacques Urbont

Bruce Geller

Geller

All Out of Love

2018

Manila

Air Supply

Air Supply

Jim Millan

All Shook Up

2005

Broadway

Elvis Presley

Various artists

Joe DiPietro

jukebox featuring songs written and/or sung by Elvis Presley.

All That Jazz

1979

Film

Ralph Burns

Various artists

Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse

All the Fun of the Fair

2008

West End

David Essex

Essex

Jon Conway

jukebox featuring the songs of David Essex.

All the King's Horses

1935

Film

Edward Horan

Horan

Edmund H. North, Frank Tuttle and Frederick Stephani

All the King's Horses by Lawrence Clark, Max Giersberg, Frederik Herendeen and Edward Horan

Allegiance

2012

Broadway

Jay Kuo

Jay Kuo

Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione

Regional Premiere 2012, Broadway 2015

Allegro

1947

Broadway

Richard Rodgers

Oscar Hammerstein II

Hammerstein

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

Film

Stanley Black and Sam Coslow, and various artists

Jack Davies

Alma, Where Do You Live?

1910

Broadway

Jean Briquet

George V. Hobart

Hobart

Almost Famous

2019

Broadway

Tom Kitt

Cameron Crowe

Crowe

Based on the 2000 film of the same name.

Alone at Last

1914

Broadway

Franz Lehár and various artists

Matthew Woodward and various artists

Along Fifth Avenue

1949

Broadway

Gordon Jenkins and various artists

Tom Adair and various artists

Revue.

Altar Boyz

2005

Off-Broadway

Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker

Adler and Walker

Kevin Del Aguila

Amazing Grace

2012

Broadway

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith, Arthur Giron

Regional Premiere 2012. Broadway 2015

Ambassador

1972

Broadway

Don Gohman

Hal Hackady

Don Ettlinger and Anna Marie Barlow

Amélie

2017

Broadway

Daniel Messé

Daniel Messé and Nathan Tyson

Craig Lucas

Based on the 2001 romantic comedy film of the same name.

Amen Corner

1983

Broadway

Garry Sherman

Peter Udell

Philip Rose and Peter Udell

America Is Hard to See

2018

Off-Broadway

Priscilla Holbrook

Holbrook

Travis Russ

Documentary play with music.

America Kicks Up Its Heels

1983

Off-Broadway

William Finn

Finn

Charles Rubin

The American Astronaut

2001

Film

Cory McAbee and Billy Nayer Show

McAbee and Billy Nayer Show

Directed and written by McAbee.

American Idiot

2010

Broadway

Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong

Armstrong and Michael Mayer

An American in Paris

1951

Film

George Gershwin

Ira Gershwin

Alan Jay Lerner

An American in Paris

2015

Broadway

George Gershwin

Ira Gershwin

Craig Lucas

Based on the 1951 musical film of the same name.

The American Mall

2008

Television

Various artists

MTV film with original songs. Directed by Shawn Ku; written by Margaret Oberman.

American Pop

1981

Animated film

Various artists (songs); Lee Holdridge (score)

Various artists

Jukebox musical paralleling the history of American popular music. Directed by Ralph Bakshi; written by Ronni Kern.

American Psycho

2016

Broadway

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Based on the controversial 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis.

An American Tail

1986

Animated film

James Horner, Barry Mann, and various artists

Cynthia Weil and various artists

Directed by Don Bluth; written by Judy Freudberg & Tony Geiss. Notable song: "Somewhere Out There".

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

1991

Animated film

James Horner and various artists

Will Jennings and various artists

Sequel to An American Tail (1986). Directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells; written by Flint Dille.

Americana

1926

Broadway

Con Conrad and various artists

J. P. McEvoy and various artists

McEvoy

Revue including songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Arthur Schwartz, and others.

America's Sweetheart

1931

Broadway

Richard Rodgers

Lorenz Hart

Herbert Fields

The Amorous Flea

1964

Off-Broadway

Bruce Montgomery

Montgomery

Jerry Devine

Amour

2002

Broadway

Michel Legrand

Didier Van Cauwelaert

Jeremy Sams

Amphitryon

1935

Film

Franz Doelle

C. Amberg and Bruno Balz

Reinhold Schünzel

Based on the stage play Amphytrion by Molière, Titus Maccius Plautus and Heinrich von Kleist.

Anastasia

1997

Animated film

Stephen Flaherty

Lynn Ahrens

Based on the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, which claims that she escaped the execution of her family. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman; written by Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White.

Anastasia

2017

Broadway

Stephen Flaherty

Lynn Ahrens

Terrence McNally

Based on the 1956 film and 1997 animated musical films of the same name, with a new book and 16 new songs in addition to six songs from the animated movie.

Anchors Aweigh

1945

Film

Georgie Stoll

Various artists

Natalie Marcin

& Juliet

2019

West End

Max Martin and others

Max Martin and others

David West Read

And the Angels Sing

1944

Film

Jimmy Van Heusen

Johnny Burke (lyricist)

Directed by George Marshall; written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Notable song: "It Could Happen to You".

And the World Goes 'Round

1991

Off-Broadway

John Kander

Fred Ebb

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Revue comprising the songs of Kander and Ebb.

André Charlot's Revue of 1924

1924

Broadway Revue

Various artists

Various artists

—

Revue.

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941

Film

Angel

1978

Broadway

Gary Geld

Peter Udell

Udell and Ketti Frings

Angel in the Wings

1947

Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman

Hilliard and Sigman

Hank Ladd, Ted Luce, Paul Hartman, and Grace Hartman.

Revue. Notable song: "Civilization"

Angélique, Marquise des Anges

1995

Paris

Michel Magne, Nadia Golon, and Eddie Barclay

Magne, Golon, and Barclay

Alain Decaux

Based on the Angelique novels by Anne and Serge Golon.

Ani: A Parody

2014

Off-Broadway

Clark Baxtresser and Pierce Siebers

Matt and Nick Lang

M. and N. Lang

Animal Crackers

1928

Broadway

Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby

Kalmar and Ruby

George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind

Ankles Aweigh

1955

Broadway

Sammy Fain

Dan Shapiro

Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis

Anna and the Apocalypse

2017

Film

Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly

Hart and Reilly

Directed by John McPhail; written by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry.

Anna Karenina

1992

Broadway

Daniel Levine

Peter Kellogg

Kellogg

Based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name

Anne & Gilbert

2005

Victoria, Prince Edward Island

Jeff Hochhauser, Nancy White and Bob Johnston

Hochhauser, White and Johnston

Hochhauser, White and Johnston

Based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novels Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.

Anne of Green Gables

1965

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Norman Campbell

Don Harron, Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore

Harron

Based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name.

Annie + film (1982) + film (1999) + film (2014)

1977

Broadway

Charles Strouse

Martin Charnin

Thomas Meehan

Notable songs: "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life"

Annie Get Your Gun + film (1950)

1946

Broadway

Irving Berlin

Berlin

Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields

Notable song: "There's No Business Like Show Business".

Annie Warbucks

1993

Off-Broadway

Charles Strouse

Martin Charnin

Thomas Meehan

Sequel to Annie.

Another Cinderella Story

2008

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Directed by Damon Santostefano; written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott.

Anya

1965

Broadway

Robert Wright and George Forrest

Wright and Forrest

George Abbott and Guy Bolton

Anyone Can Whistle

1964

Broadway

Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim

Arthur Laurents

Anything Goes

1934

Broadway

Cole Porter

Porter

Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse

Notable songs: "Anything Goes", "You're the Top" and "I Get a Kick out of You".

Applause

1970

Broadway

Charles Strouse

Lee Adams

Betty Comden and Adolph Green

The Apple

1980

Film

Kobi Recht [de]

George Clinton and Iris Recht

Directed by Menahem Golan; written by Golan and Recht.

The Apple Tree

1966

Broadway

Jerry Bock

Sheldon Harnick

Bock, Harnick and Jerome Coopersmith

April in Paris

1952

Film

Vernon Duke and LeRoy Prinz

Various artists

Jack Rose

April Love

1957

Film

Sammy Fain (songs); Alfred Newman (score)

Paul Francis Webster

Based on the 1941 novel Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain. Directed by Henry Levin; written by Winston Miller.

An Arabian Girl and 40 Thieves

1899

Broadway

W. H. Batchelor, John J. Braham, Jessie Williams and Meyer Lutz

J. Cheever Goodwin

Arabian Nights

1954

Off-Broadway

Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Lœb

Lombardo and Lœb

The Arcadians

1909

West End

Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot

Arthur Wimperis

Mark Ambient and Alexander M. Thompson

Are You With It?

1945

Broadway

Harry Revel

Arnold B. Horwitt

Sam Perrin and George Balzer

Based on the novel Slightly Perfect by George Malcolm-Smith.

Are You with It?

1948

Film

Inez James and Sidney Miller

James and Miller

Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, but with a revised plot and an entirely new score by James and Miller. Directed by Jack Hively; written by Oscar Brodney.

Argentine Nights

1940

Film

Frank Skinner

Various artists

J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater

Ari

1971

Broadway

Walt Smith

Leon Uris

Based on the novel Exodus by Leon Uris.

The Aristocats

1970

Animated film

George Bruns

Various Artists

Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, and Ralph Wright

Based on characters created by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe.

The Ark

1998

Off-Broadway

Michael McLean

McLean and Kevin Kelly

McLean and Kelly

Arms and the Girl

1950

Broadway

Morton Gould

Dorothy Fields

Herbert Fields and Fields

Around the Clock

1906

road musical with stop on Broadway

Lee Orean Smith

J. Sebastian Hiller

Steve B. Cassin

Around the World

1946

Broadway

Cole Porter

Porter

Orson Welles

Arthur! Arthur!

1969

Film

Harry Robertson

Various artists

Julian Symons

Artists and Models

1937

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker, and Hal Kanter

Notable songwriters: Burton Lane, Harold Arlen, and Victor Young. Directed by Raoul Walsh; written by Eugene Thackrey and Keene Thompson.

Artists and Models

1955

Film

Harry Warren and Jack Brooks

Various artists

Notable song: "Innamorata". Based on the 1942 play Rock-a-Bye Baby! by Michael Davidson and Norman Lessing. Directed by Frank Tashlin; written by Herbert Baker, and Hal Kanter.

An Artist's Model

1895

West End

Sidney Jones

Harry Greenbank and various artists

Owen Hall

As Long as They're Happy

1954

Film

Stanley Black

Alan Melville

Melville

As the Girls Go

1948

Broadway

Jimmy McHugh

Harold Adamson

William Roos

As Thousands Cheer

1933

Broadway

Irving Berlin

Berlin

Moss Hart

Revue loosely based on the sections of a newspaper of the time. One of the rare "topical" revues to be frequently revived, due to the many songs that became American standards. Notable songs: "Easter Parade", "Heat Wave", Supper Time.

Aspects of Love

1990

West End

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Don Black and Charles Hart

Lloyd Webber

Notable song: "Love Changes Everything".

Assassins

1990

Off-Broadway

Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim

John Weidman

Premiered on Broadway in 2004.

At Home Abroad

1935

Broadway

Arthur Schwartz

Howard Dietz

Various artists (sketches)

Revue.

At Long Last Love

1975

Film

Cole Porter

Porter

Jukebox musical featuring songs written by Porter. Directed and written by Peter Bogdanovich. A critical and commercial flop when it was released; a revised version became a cult film due to television airings and has risen in critical esteem since. Musical numbers were performed and filmed live.

At the Circus

1939

Film

Harold Arlen

Arlen

Irving Brecher

At the Drop of a Hat

1956

Off-West End

Donald Swann

Michael Flanders

Swann and Flanders

Revue also produced on Broadway in 1959.

At the Drop of Another Hat

1963

Off-West End revue

Donald Swann

Michael Flanders

Swann and Flanders

Revue also produced on Broadway in 1966.

At War with the Army

1950

Film

Joseph J. Lilley

Lilley

James Allardice and Fred Finklehoffe

Athena

1954

Film

Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Martin and Blane

William Ludwig and Leonard Spigelgass

The Athenian Touch

1964

Off-Broadway

Willard Straight

David Eddy

J. Albert Fracht and Arthur Goodman

Atlantic City

1944

Film

Various artists

Various artists

Directed by Ray McCarey; written by Doris Gilbert, Frank Gill Jr. and George Carleton Brown.

Aunt Sally

1933

Film

Harry M. Woods

Woods

Guy Bolton

Autant en emporte le vent

2003

Paris

Gérard Presgurvic

Presgurvic

Based on the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

Avenue Q

2003

Broadway

Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

Lopez and Marx

Jeff Whitty

Notable songs: "It Sucks to Be Me", "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" and "There's a Fine, Fine Line".

Babes in Arms

1937

Broadway

Richard Rodgers

Lorenz Hart

Rodgers and Hart

Notable songs: "Where or When", "My Funny Valentine", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Johnny One Note" and "I Wish I Were in Love Again".

Babes in Toyland

1903

Broadway

Victor Herbert

Glen MacDonough

MacDonough

Babes on Broadway

1941

Film

Various artists

E.Y. Harburg and Ralph Freed

Babette

1903

Broadway

Victor Herbert

Harry B. Smith

Smith

Baby

1983

Broadway

David Shire

Richard Maltby, Jr.

Sybille Pearson

Baby It's You!

2011

Broadway

Various Artists

Various Artists

Floyd Mutrox and Colin Escott

Baby Talk

2000

Neuköllner Opera

Thomas Zaufke

Peter Lund

Das Kinder-Krieg Musical

Back to the 80's

2001

Australian

Neil Gooding

Gooding

Gooding

Back to the Future

2020

West End

Alan Silvestri

Glen Ballard

Bob Gale

Back to the Future

Bad Cinderella

2021

West End

Andrew Lloyd Webber

David Zippel

Emerald Fennell (Original Book) & Alexis Scheer (Adaptation)

Based on the fairy tale Cinderella

Bad Girls

2006

West End

Kath Gotts

Gotts

Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus

Based on the ITV1 television series Bad Girls.

Bad Habits of 1926

1926

Broadway revue

Manning Sherwin

Arthur Herzog, Jr.

—

Bajour

1964

Broadway

Walter Marks

Marks

Ernest Kinoy

Based on Joseph Mitchell's short stories, The Gypsy Women and The King of the Gypsies.

Baker Street

1965

Broadway

Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel and Jerry Bock

Grudeff, Jessel and Sheldon Harnick

Jerome Coopersmith

Based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle

The Baker's Wife

1989

West End

Stephen Schwartz

Schwartz

Joseph Stein

Aimed at a Broadway run in 1976, but closed during try-outs.

The Balkan Princess

1910

West End

Paul Rubens

Rubens and Arthur Wimperis

Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon

Ball im Savoy

1932

German operetta

Paul Abraham

Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda

Abraham

Ballad for Bimshire

1963

Off-Broadway

Irving Burgie

Burgie

Burgie and Loften Mitchell

Ballroom

1978

Broadway

Billy Goldenberg

Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

Jerome Kass

Bambi

1942

Animated film

Frank Churchill and Edward H. Plumb

Churchill and Plumb

Larry Morey

The Band

2017

West End

Take That

Take That

Tim Firth

Band Waggon

1940

Film

Various artists

Various artists

The Band Wagon

1931

Broadway revue

Arthur Schwartz

Howard Dietz

—

Notable songs: "I Love Louisa", "Hoops" and "Dancing in the Dark".

Bandanna Land

1908

Broadway

Will Marion Cook

Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers

Shipp and Rogers

The Band's Visit

2016

Broadway

David Yazbek

Yazbek

Itamar Moses

Based on the film of the same name.

Bandstand

2015

Broadway

Richard Oberacker

Oberacker and Robert Taylor

Oberacker and Taylor

Banjo Eyes

1941

Broadway

Vernon Duke

John La Touche and Harold Adamson

Joseph Quinlan and Izzy Ellinson

Bar Mitzvah Boy

1978

West End

Jule Styne

Don Black

Jack Rosenthal

Barbarella

2004

Austrian

Dave Stewart

Stewart

Stewart

Based on the 1968 film.

The Bardy Bunch

2014

Off-Broadway

Various Artists

Various Artists

Stephen Garvey

Bare

2012

Off-Broadway

Damon Intrabartolo

Jon Hartmere

Hartmere

New, revised version of Bare: A Pop Opera.

Bare: A Pop Opera

2000

Off-Broadway

Damon Intrabartolo

Jon Hartmere, Jr.

Intrabartolo and Hartmere, Jr.

Notable song: "Portrait of a Girl".

Bare Facts of 1926

1926

Broadway revue

Charles M. Schwab

Henry Myers

Stuart Hamill

Barefoot Boy with Cheek

1947

Broadway

Sidney Lippman

Sylvia Dee

Max Shulman

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

Film

Harry Warren and George Gershwin

Ira Gershwin

Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sidney Sheldon

Barnum

1980

Broadway

Cy Coleman

Michael Stewart

Mark Bramble

Baron Trenck

1912

Broadway

Felix Albini

Frederick F. Schrader

Henry Blossom

The Baroness Fiddlesticks

1904

Broadway

Emil Bruguiere

George De Long

De Long

Bat Boy

2001

Off-Broadway

Laurence O'Keefe

O'Keefe

Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming

Bat Out of Hell

2017

West End

Jim Steinman

Steinman

Steinman

Bathhouse

2006

Off-Broadway

mw- .mw- Tim EvanickiEsther Daack

Tim EvanickiEsther Daack

Tim EvanickiEsther Daack

Bats

1983

Australian

Ian Dorricott

Simon Denver

Dorricott and Denver

The Battle of Paris

1929

Film

Cole Porter, Jay Gorney and Dick Howard

Howard Dietz and Porter

Gene Markey

Bayside!

2013

Off-Broadway

Bob and Tobly McSmith

Bob and Tobly McSmith

Bob and Tobly McSmith

A musical parody of the television show Saved by the Bell.

Be More Chill

2015, 2018, 2019

Broadway

Joe Iconis

Joe Iconis

Joe Tracz

Be Yourself

1930

Film

Hugo Riesenfeld

Riesenfeld

Joseph Jackson

Beat the Band

1942

Television

Various artists

Various artists

—

Beatlemania

1977

Broadway revue

The Beatles

The Beatles

Bob Gill, Robert Rabinowitz and Lynda Obst

The Beautiful Game

2000

West End

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ben Elton

Lloyd Webber and Elton

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Story

2022

Broadway

Neil Diamond

Diamond

Anthony McCarten

The life and music of Neil Diamond

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

2014

Broadway

Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

Goffin, King, Mann and Weil

Douglas McGrath

Beauty and the Beast + film (1991) + film (2017)

1994

Broadway

Alan Menken

Howard Ashman and Tim Rice

Linda Woolverton

Based on animated Walt Disney film of the same name. Notable songs: "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast".

The Beauty Shop

1914

Off-Broadway

Charles J. Gebest

Rennold Wolf

The Beauty Spot

1909

Off-Broadway

Reginald De Koven

Joseph W. Herbert

Herbert

Beauty World

1988

Singaporean

Dick Lee

Michael Chiang

Chiang

Because of Winn-Dixie

2013

Regional

Duncan Sheik

Sheik

Nell Benjamin

Based on the 2005 film of the same name.

Because You're Mine

1952

Film

Johnny Green

Green

Ruth Brooks Flippen and Sy Gomberg

Becoming Nancy

2019

Regional

George Stiles

Anthony Drewe

Elliot Davis

Bedknobs and Broomsticks + film (1971)

2019

Touring Production

Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman

Sherman, Sherman

Brian Hill

A Bedtime Story

1933

Film

Ralph Rainger

Rainger

Benjamin Glazer and Nunnally Johnson

Beetlejuice

2018

Broadway

Eddie Perfect

Perfect

Scott Brown and Anthony King

Based on the 1988 film of the same name.

The Beggar Student

1882

German operetta

Carl Millöcker

Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée

Millöcker

Beggar's Holiday

1946

Broadway

Duke Ellington

John La Touche

La Touche

The Beggar's Opera

1728

West End opera

John Gay

Gay

Gay

Beguiled Again

1997

Revue

Richard Rodgers

Lorenz Hart

Various

Behind the Iron Mask

2005

West End

John Robinson

Robinson

Colin Scott and Melinda Walker

The show draws inspiration from the Man in the Iron Mask.

Bel-Ami

2014

Off-West End

Alex Loveless

Loveless

Loveless

A contemporary musical adaptation of the book of the same name.

Bell Bottom George

1943

Film

Harry Bidgood

Bidgood

Edward Dryhurst and Peter Fraser

Bella: An American Tall Tale

2016

Off-Broadway

Kristen Childs

Kristen Childs

Kristen Childs

La belle Hélène

1864

Paris opera bouffe

Jacques Offenbach

Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Offenbach

La Belle Meunière

1948

Film

Tony Aubin

Aubin

Marcel Pagnol

The Belle of Brittany

1908

Opera

Howard Talbot and Marie Horne

Percy Greenbank

Leedham Bantock and P.J. Barrow

The Belle of New York

1897

Broadway

Gustave Kerker

Hugh Morton

Morton

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Film

Arthur Johnston

Johnston

Mae West